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A  NARRATIVE 

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TOUR  THROUGH  VERMONT 
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REV.  NATHAN  PERKINS 


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A 
NARRATIVE  OF  A  TOUR 

THROUGH  THE 

STATE  OF    VERMONT 

FROM  APRIL  27  TO  JUNE  12 
1789 

BY 

THE  REVd  NATHAN  PERKINS 

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OF  HARTFORD 


"I  have  zealously  &  uniformly  endeavoured  to  hold  up 
ye  truth  plainly  —  to  alarm  ye  Conscience  —  to  inform  ye 
judgment  &  to  engage  y«  heart." 


THE  ELM  TREE  PRESS 

ELM  STREET  WOODSTOCK  VERMONT 

1930 

Published  by 

THE  YANKEE  BOOKSHOP 

WOODSTOCK  VERMONT 
1937 


Copyright,  1920 
Geo.  Bird  Grinnell 


Second  printing,  March,  1930 


FOREWORD 

Nathan  Perkins  was  born  in  1  749  and  was  graduated  from 
Princeton  College  in  1  770.  He  was  fifth  in  descent  from  John 
Perkins  who  reached  Boston  on  the  ship  Lyon  in  February, 
1631,  and  afterwards  settled  in  Ipswich.  In  the  year  1774 
Nathan  Perkins  received  from  Yale  the  honorary  degree  S.  T. 
D.,  and  in  1 80 1  from  Princeton  that  of  D.  D.  For  more  than 
sixty-five  years  he  was  pastor  of  the  Third  Church  of  West 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  was  greatly  beloved  and  looked  up 
to  by  his  parishioners.  He  was  considered  one  of  the  most 
eminent  Divines  of  his  day. 

He  married  Catherine  Pitkin,  daughter  of  Rev.  Timothy 
Pitkin  and  Temperance  Clap,  who  was  the  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Clap,  for  many  years  President  of  Yale  College, 
and  of  Mary  Whiting.  A  son,  also  Nathan  Perkins,  born  in 
Hartford,  graduated  from  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1  795,  and  for 
many  years  preached  at  Amherst,  Mass.  His  daughter,  Eliza, 
born  in  the  year  1800,  married  Hon.  George  Grinnell,  of 
Greenfield,  Mass. 

This  narrative  is  a  diary  and  expresses  freely  its  author's  views 
of  conditions  in  the  new  settlements  and  of  the  people  he  met. 
As  a  diary,  written  merely  for  his  own  eye,  it  is  hardly  open 
to  criticism.  Yet  its  frankness  makes  it  amusing,  and,  apart  from 
its  historical  value,  it  is  a  human  document  of  no  little  interest. 
The  writer  was  a  keen  judge  of  men  and  women,  and  recog- 
nized and  admired  the  courage  and  endurance  of  the  settlers 
of  the  new  country,  their  kindliness  and  helpfulness  to  each 
other,  and,  above  all,  the  splendid  self  sacrifice  of  the  wives  of 
these  settlers.  To  these  fine  qualities  he  pays  high  tribute. 

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The  route  he  followed  may  be  traced  on  any  map  of  West- 
ern New  England.  It  led  through  Connecticut  and  Massachu- 
setts up  through  Western  Vermont,  about  as  far  as  Burlington 
and  the  return  was  over  the  same  route.  At  one  point  he  en- 
tered New  York  and  passed  through  the  town  of  Hampton  in 
that  state. 

Just  what  was  the  bloody  battle  fough  during  the  French 
War  on  the  banks  of  the  La  Platte  River  seems  uncertain. 
The  river  is  a  small  stream  running  into  Shelburne  Bay  just 
south  of  Burlington  Bay. 

The  original  manuscript  of  the  narrative  is  in  my  possession. 

G.  B.  G. 


A  Narrative  of  a  Tour  through  the  State  of  Vermont  in  the 
year  1 789 — from  April  27 — to  June  12  to  preach  ye  Gos- 
pel to  the  New  Settlements  in  that  State  by  theRevd  Nathan 
Perkins  of  Hartford  appinted  by  ye  Association  of  Hartford 
County  at  the  instance  &  request  of  the  General  Association 
of  Connecticut. 


April  27  I  left  Hartford  and  set  out  for  Vermont. 
Took  leave  of  my  family,  a  tender  Companion  &  five 
dear  Children,  with  painful  reluctance,  &  an  anxious 
heart.  I  affectionately  recommended  them  to  the  pro- 
tection &  care  of  a  kind  Providence,  influenced  by  ye 
Call  of  duty  &  Conscience.  I  reached  Symsbury  by  one 
O'clock  &  dined  withy6  Revd  Mr.  Stebbins;  not  pre- 
pared to  receive  Company  glad  to  see  me,  &  we  dis- 
coursed on  Divinity,  politics  &  my  journey. 

Two  O'clock  P.  M.  mounted  my  horse  —  rode  on 
as  usual  a  slow  pace,  contemplating  every  surrounding 
object  —  amusing  myself  with  ye  works  of  nature,  ye 
season — ye  state  of  agriculture  &  rusticity  of  ye  people's 
manners. —  Dear  travelling. —  No  hay. —  no  oats. 
My  horse  deeply  grieved.  About  Sun-set  arrived  at 
the  Revd  Mr.  Clinton's  of  Southwick ;  procured  horse- 
keeping  with  a  neighbor  of  his.  2s  per  n  ght.  Mr. 
Clinton  Out,  but  soon  comes  home ;  I  had  already  in- 
troduced myself  to  Mrs.  Clinton.  She  was  just  getting 
up  from  Child-bed ;  not  very  polished  nor  used  to 

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Company :  thought  her  boy  ye  finest  in  ye  world  — 
most  beautiful  —  most  sprightly  —  most  promising.  I 
smiled  &  Chesterfield-like  bestowed  some  compliments 
to  please  ye  vanity  of  parental  fondness.  Innocent 
pleasantry ! —  She  introduced  me  to  her  husband. —  A 
Man  of  moderate  abilities  &  moderate  acquirements. 
—  The  evening  passed  in  dullness  and  insipidity.  Poor 
Supper — wretched  breakfast — tea  paler  than  water— 
Sugar  heavier  than  lead.  I  then  began  to  experience 
that  hard  &  coarse  fare  which,  wasted  away  my  flesh 
in  ye  progress  of  my  travels  &  made  me  often,  often  re- 
gret my  tour,  how  often  have  I  remembered  home  - 
a  table  richly  furnished,  &  elegantly  set  —  food  dressed, 
in  ye  neatest  &  best  manner.  -  -  -  - 

Tuesday  28  of  April,  8  o'clock  A.  M.  set  out  for 
Westfield.  Reached  Rev*1  Mr.  Atwater's,  a  sensible, 
agreeable  man — an  ingenious  and  cunning  philosopher. 
Showed  me  his  garden  —  his  nursery  of  English  & 
Italian  Mulberries — ye  former  cut  off  &  set  out  like 
prim-hedge  —  ye  latter  sowed  as  peas,  &  raised  from 
yc  seed.  Talked  a  few  minutes  on  important  Subjects 
&  left  him  loaded  with  his  best  wishes.—  Went  on 
to  Westfield  mountains  with  a  heavy  heart. —  The 
mountains  as  bad  riding  as  they  well  could  be —  2 
O'clock  P.  M.  came  to  Rev1*  Mr.  Badger's,  of  Blan- 
ford.  He  absent  —  his  wife  old-poor-homely-kind, 
four  years  older  than  her  husband,  &  courted  him— 
helped  to  defray  ye  expenses  of  his  Education  by  her 

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own  industry.  A  very  poor  dinner  —  bad  bread —  no 
sauce — no  elegance  or  good  Cookery.  3  O'clock 
journeyed  to  Becket.  About  6  O'clock  reached  my 
Brothers  &  was  richly  and  sumptuously  entertained. — 
Wednesday  10  O'clock  left  his  house,  one  of  y 
best  in  ye  Country.  Dined  with  Revd  Mr.  Ballantine 
of  Washington — a  poor  town,  &  a  disgrace  to  ye  ex- 
alted name  which  it  bears — cold  land — bad  for  grain 
—  good  for  grass — came  to  Mr.  Moses  Steales.  They 
were  overjoyed  to  see  me — ready  to  eat  me  up  with 
love  and  kindness.  Wished,  &  wished,  I  could  preach 
there,  that  they  might  see  ye  house  once  crowded,  & 
that  ye  people  might  know  what  preaching  Was.  Left 
Washington,  Wednesday,  4  o'clock,  &  reached  Pits- 
field  about  Sun-set.  Put  up  at  Mr.  Allyn's,  yc  presby- 
terian  Minister,  of  ye  town.  Introduced  myself  to  him. 
He  is  a  sociable  man, —  awkard  in  his  manners, —  a 
handsome  woman  for  his  wife, —  an  infant  at  ye  breast, 
ye  1  1  Child  all  living.  Poor  Cookery, — no  elegance. — 
common  fare, —  bad  house-keeping.  Mr.  Allyn  dises- 
teemed  by  his  people  :  a  pleasant  town, — a  few  good 
buildings  near  yc  Centre,  a  small  meeting  house, — few 
people  attend  public  worship,  — loose  morals, —  loose 
principles,  —  good  land, —  no  good  fencing  timber ;  — 
200  families  scattered  over  ye  town, —  quite  as  many 
as  can  live  there.  Thursday,  8  o'clock  A.  M.  —  pro- 
ceeded on  my  journey  with  ye  good  wishes  of  y*  gen- 
tleman, I  left :  came  to  Lainsborough,  6  miles,  a  good 

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township  of  land, —  pleasant, —  thick  settled,  for  so 
young  a  place  —  many  emigrated 'from  it.  People  not 
very  civilized.  Called  on  Revd  Mr.  Collins  —  from 
home  he  was.  His  wife  uncommonly  glad  to  see  me. 
—  a  woman  of  ambition  &  pride  —  a  daughter  of  ye 
same  properties ;  very  sociable. —  there  I  had  an  inter- 
view with  Rev^  Mr.  Buckminster  of  Rutland — a  grave 
well-behaved  aged  man.  Mr.  Collins  happy  with  his 
people,  enjoys  their  confidence  &  esteem.  Went  on  to 
Ashford  &  to  Williamstown  —  broken,  mountanous 
Country  —  exceedingly  unpleasant  —  Mountains  lofty 
indeed  —  above  ye  clouds  —  good  land  in  ye  Vallies, 
1 5  miles  —  came  to  Rev*1  Mr.  Swift's,  poor  house  — 
poor  living  —  no  luxury  —  no  elegance  —  gloomy  wo- 
man for  his  wife  —  he  epileptic,  but  kind  —  native 
sense  but  no  acquaintance  with  books  —  Williams- 
town  y*  northwest  town  in  ye  Common  Wealth  of 
Massachusetts. —  Friday  entered  ye  State  of  Vermont 
—  a  bad  appearance  at  ye  entrance,  Pownal  ye  first 
town,  poor  land  —  very  unpleasant  —  very  uneven  — 
miserable  set  of  inhabitants  =  no  religion,  Rhode  Is- 
land haters  of  religion  —  baptists,  quakers,  &  some 
presbyterians  —  no  meeting  house. —  Friday  came  to 
Bennington  6  miles — Capitol  at  present  of  Vermont— 
a  good  town  of  land,  people,  proud  —  scornful  —  con- 
ceited &  somewhat  polished  —  small  meeting  house  - 
considerably  thick'settled,  as  many,  as  can  possibly  get  a 
living; — no  stone; — no  fencing  timber;  —  some  elegant 

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building; — a  County  town; — a  tolerable  Court-house 
&  jail;  —  a  good  grammar  school.  The  Revd  Mr. 
Swift  their  Minister,  ye  Apostle  of  Vermont — well 
esteemed  among  his  own  people,  &  in  ye  State,  at 
large;  put  up  at  his  house:  —  he  not  at  home;  gone 
over  to  ye  College. —  his  wife  handsome, —  serious, — 
weakly, — Lawyer  Sedgwick's  sister, —  ten  children  one 
at  ye  breast, —  two  daughters  grown  up,  homely, — un- 
polished,—  countrified  in  manners,  and  without  any 
elegance.  Visited  Judge  Robinson,— Chief  justice  of 
ye  State.  A  man  of  sense  &  of  religion,  rich  &  un- 
commonly dutiful  to  an  aged  Mother,  eminent  for  her 
attainments  in  goodness.  Saturday  May  ye  Second, 
rode  to  Shaftsbury  —  Saw  ye  hill  where  ye  Benning- 
ton  battle  was  fought,  six  miles  from  ye  town, — a  bat- 
tle which  will  be  greatly  celebrated  in  ye  history  of 
America.  Called  on  Elder  Blood  of  Shaftsbury,—  a 
baptist  Minister  of  a  public  education, —  candid  &  sup- 
ported as  presbyterian  Ministers  are, —  lives  low, — 
poor;— wife  old, —  ordinarily  looking; — serious  and 
very  dirty  —  A  good  township  of  land :  —  passed  on 
to  Airlington, —  An  episcopal  Church  there, —  a  very 
rough,  uneven,  hilly  poor  town,  ye  present  governor  of 
ye  State  resided  here  during  ye  war,  in  a  very  indif- 
ferent house.  The  noted  Shays  &  his  family  live  here, 
in  great  poverty  &  obscurity.  Went  on  to  Sunderland^ 
called  on  Col.  Timothy  Brownson  one  of  ye  Council 
of  ye  State,  was  treated  with  hospitality  —  ye  family 

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kind,  but  destitute  of  all  taste  &  polish.  1  Sabbath  in 
May,  preached  at  Sunderland,  in  a  barn,  to  a  consid- 
erable audience,  very  attentive  &  much  affected,  re- 
ceived much  applause;  a  raving  arminian  methodist 
preached  in  ye  Evening ;  Here  lived  formerly  ye  awful 
Deist  Ethan  Allen, —  so  known  in  Vermont,  who  de- 
lighted in  calling  himself  ye  old  philosopher.  In  his 
house  now  lives  a  quaker  from  Long  Island,  with  a 
young  girl  from  Seabrook  whom  he  seduced,  though 
a  married  man,  a  picture  of  beauty  &  elegance.  Sab- 
bath Evening  went  to  Major  Brownson,  rich  &  kind 
&  generous, —  keeps  70  head  of  Cattle. —  Monday  3  of 
May  journeyed  to  Manchester,  half  shire  town  hemmed 
in  by  lofty  mountains,  a  number  of  houses  in  ye  center, 

-  a  small  meeting  house,  half  baptists, —  loose  town, 

-  called  on  Mr.  Elias  Gilbert,  a  serious  man ; —  visited 
ye  house  of  Col.  Keys,  his  wife  gone  out  on  a  visit; 

—  he  in  Canada,  rafting  lumber  —  Went  on  to  Dor- 
set, called  on  Rev.  Mr.  Sill,  a  good  friendly  man,  ex- 
tremely poor  —  poor  looking  family, —  poor  land, — got 
some  directions  of  him,  as  to  my  route, —  passed  to  Pol- 
let,  through  Rupert,  called  on  Revd  Mr.Bebee,  a  serious 
man,  who  left  honor  &  ye  prospects  of  wealth  for  ye 
Gospel,  sensible,  of  little  reading, —  of  narrow  senti- 
ments,—  a  weakly  wife,  a  poor  hut, —  a  friendly  heart, 

—  mean  victuals, —  destitute  of  neatness.    Wednesday 
5th  May,  set  out  from  Pollet,  for  Middletown,  preach- 
ed at  one  Reed's  in  a  dark  room  —  to  a  small  collec- 


tion  of  people,  chiefly  Connecticut  Separates,  very  seri- 
ous &  attentive,  put  up  at  Mr.  Minor's,  a  kind  man,— 
a  kind  wife, —  wretched  fare, —  wretched  bed, — eat  up 
with  fleas, —  no  hay, —  my  horse  starving.  —  Thursday 
journeyed  to  Tinmouth,  &  preached,  at  Mr.  Porter's, 
one  of  ye  Council  of  ye  State, — his  wife  a  most  pious 
woman, — a  few  people  very  much  affected  with  my 
sermon.  Friday  8th  day  of  May,  heavy  snow. — I  went 
to  Judge  Mattock's, —  was  kindly  received.  He  is 
treasurer  of  ye  State.  Saturday  went  to  Clarindon, — 
to  Elihu  Smiths  esq, —  a  rich  man, — a  great  boaster, — 
a  fine  farm  on  ye  otter  Creek,  preached  2  Sabbath  in 
May  at  his  house,  ye  people  of  Wallingford  met  with 
Clarindon,  very  attentive.  I  fared  badly  at  Clarindon, 
&  my  horse  worse,  here  I  had  an  Interview  with  ye 
Revd  Mr.  Swift  of  Bennington,  &  Mr.  Marsh,  Master 
of  Bennington  Academy.  Monday  9th  May, —  went 
to  Rutland  on  ye  Otter-creek,  a  County  town,  con- 
siderably settled,  called  on  Mr.  Williams  Esq.  and  was 
introduced  to  Dr.  Williams  from  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, late  professor  of  philosophy  there,  but  was 
guilty  of  forgery  &  resigned, —  a  well  looking  &  a 
learned  man  —  a  good  speaker,  lofty  &  haughty  in  his 
air  —  &  preaching  there,  to  my  surprise,  elevated  with 
ye  idea  of  having  a  College  there. —  Lodged  at  Mr. 
Flints  in  Brandon, —  meanest  of  all  lodging, — dirty, — 
fleas  without  number.  May  1  Oth  rode  to  Leicester  &  put 
up  at  Col.  Sawyers,  &  Wednesday  preached  a  Lec- 

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ture,  at  his  house,  &  baptised  a  child  for  him, —  a 
rough,  violent,  savage  man, —  extraordinary  spot  in  na- 
ture for  Mills,  &  a  pond  by  his  door,  where  he  raises 
fish.  Thursday  rode  to  Middlebury, — to  Major  Chip- 
man's —  to  Mr.  Smally's  &  to  Mr.  Fleide's  preached 
a  lecture  at  Mr.  Thayer*s  to  a  considerable  of  an  au- 
dience,—  they  were  all  attention,  next  day,  rode  to 
Mr.  foote's,  stayed  all  night,  a  high  tempered,  boastful 
man,  conceited,  vulgar,  —  &  highly  inelegant,  in  ye 
house. — Next  day  to  New  Haven, —  preached  at  a 
log  house, — people  serious  &  anxious  to  hear  ye  word. 
—  I  was  greatly  worried  &  fatigued  with  riding, —  poor 
living,  nothing  but  brook  water  to  drink, —  &  no  com- 
fortable victuals, — my  nature  almost  exhausted, — went 
to  Mr.  Cooke's  in  New-haven,  friday  &  Saturday 
morning  nine  o'Clock,  preached,  in  a  log  house,  &  ye 
people  wonderfully  attentive.  Slept,  in  an  open  log 
house,  where  it  rained  on  me,  in  ye  night,  &  no  keep- 
ing for  my  horse.  Saturday  1 6th  of  May  rode  on  after 
preaching  to  Moreton, —  Pocock  —  mud  belly  deep  to 
my  horse  and  I  thought  I  should  have  perished :  felt 
warm  gratitude  to  heaven  that  my  life  was  spared, — 
my  health  &  strength  continued,  through  such  hardships 
&  unwholesome  food, —  arrived  just  at  night  at  Mr. 
Steele's  my  old  parishioner, —  was  cordially  welcome, 
&  gratefully  received  at  Hinsburgh.— preached  3th  Sab- 
bath in  May,  at  his  house, —  a  large  audience  for  ye 
wilderness  &  deeply  attentive.  He  lives  well.  Land 

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good  —  gathered  ye  church  &  organized  them  on 
Wednesday,  preached  a  lecture  &  baptized  a  Child 
for  Mr.  Elisha  Steele.  Thursday  20  of  May  set  out  for 
Williston  where  governor  Chittenden  lives. —  baptised 
five  children,  rode  through  ye  woods,  1 4  miles,  y*  rid- 
ing as  bad  as  it  could  be,  almost  half  of  ye  trees  in  ye 
woods  blown  down  by  ye  violence  of  ye  wind  last 
year.  Came  to  one  Deacon  Talcotts  and  he  accom- 
panied me  to  his  Excellency's  Governor  Chittenden's. 
A  low  poor  house. —  a  plain  family  —  low,  vulgar  man, 
clownish,  excessively  parsimonious,— made  me  wel- 
come,—  hard  fare,  a  very  great  farm, —  1 000  acres, — 
hundred  acres  of  wheat  on  ye  onion  river  —  200  acres 
of  extraordinary  interval  land.  A  shrewd  cunning  man 
-  skilled  in  human  nature  &  in  agriculture  —  under- 
stands extremely  well  ye  mysteries  of  Vermont,  appa- 
rently and  professedly  serious.  Williston  a  fine  town- 
ship of  land, —  soil  fertile.  And  all  y*  towns  upon  ye 
lake  Champlain  &  for  three  teer  back  ye  best  sort  of 
land.  Not  very  heavy  timbered,  or  stony  or  mountainous, 
well  intersected  with  streams,  &  y*  streams  full  of 
small  fish.  -  -  Two  noted  streams  ye  Otter-Creek  and 
ye  onion  river  —  About  300  towns  in  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont —  6  miles  square  —  about  40  of  ye  towns  upon 
ye  green  mountains  —  very  cold  —  snow  upon  ye  top 
of  them  till  June;  commonly — good  grazing  land  about 
half  way  up  yc  green  mountains  —  they  almost  end  at 
latitude  44  1-2 — I  go  up  as  far  as  there  are  any  Settle- 

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ments  large  enough  to  gather  a  Congregation  —  within 
thirty  miles  of  Canada  line  —  days  perceiveably  longer 

—  in  reality  20  minutes  longer.      Moose  plenty  on  ye 
mountains  over  against  Jericho,  Essex  &  Colchester— 
people  hunt  them  —  eat  them  in  lieu  of  beef  —  &  get 
their  tallow.  Bears  &  wolves  plenty  —  timber,  beach, 

—  maple, —  pine,  hemlock,  cherry, —  birch  &  some  oak 
and  Walnut  —  about  as  many  as  40  families,  in  a 
town,  upon  an  average,  about  40  towns  totally  un- 
settled —  land  extraordinarily  good  —  from  Rutland  & 
Tinmouth  clear  to    Canada  line.    Curiosities  of  y* 
country  —  ye  innumerable  high  mountains  3  &  4  miles 
up  them  — 1 — 1-2  perpendicular. —  covered  with  snow 
now  three  feet  in  depth  —  Lime  stone  in  abundance 
scattered  every  where,  but  no  good  building  stone  — 
a  lime  pit  of  two  acres  in  Sunderland  —  the  lower  end 
of  ye  State  poor  compared  to  y*  North  end  —  narrow 
&  rough, —  No  cheese  any  where  —  no  beef  —  no  but- 
ter —  I  pine  for  home  —  for  my  own  table. —  Words 
cannot  describe  y*  hardships  I  undergo,  or  y*  strength 
of  my  desire  to  see  my  family  —  &  to  be  with  them. 
How  affectionately  do  I  remember  them,  hundreds  of 
times  every  day,  &  shed  a  tear,  in  y*  woods  —  got 
lost  twice  in  y*  woods  already  —  heard  y*  horrible 
howling  of  ye  wolves.  Far  absent  — in  y*  wilderness 

—  among  all  strangers  —  all  alone  —  among  log-huts  — 
people  nasty — poor —  low-lived — indelicate — and  mis- 
erable cooks.  All  sadly  parsimonious  —  many,  profane 

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—  yet  cheerful  &  much  more  contented  than  in  Hart- 
ford—  and  the  women  more  contented  than  ye  men 

—  turned  tawny  by  y*  smoke  of  ye  log-huts  —  dress 
coarse,  &  mean,  &  nasty,   &  ragged. —  Some  very 
clever  women  &  men  —  serious  &  sensible.  Scarcely 
any  politeness  in  yc  State  —  Scarcely  any   sensible 
preaching — will  soon  settle  Ministers  in  most  of  y* 
towns  —  and  in  a  few  years  be  a  good  Country,  plea- 
sant, &  well  to  live  in. —  Some  of  our  Ministers  from 
Connecticut  disesteemed,  because  injudicious  —  about 
one  tenth  part  of  y6  State  quakers  &  anabaptists  — 
Episcopalians,  and  universalists ;  &  a  1-4  deists.   The 
body  of  yc  people  will  be  like  Connecticut  —  &  y* 
land,  take  it  together  rather  preferable  to  ye  land  in 
our  State  —  rather  more  feasible.  A  great  advantage 
to  my  character,  usefulness  &  honour  coming  from  ye 
Centre  &  Capital  of  Connecticut.    They  conceived  a 
high  opinion  of  my  abilities  &  address,  at  first,  merely 
from  y6  above  circumstance  of  place.  They  were  far 
better  pleased  than  I  could  even  imagine  with  my  per- 
formances compared  with  Mr.  Williston's —  Mr.  Day's 

-  Mr.  Hawley's,  Mr.  Bogal's  &  others.  They  were 
charmed  with  my  sermons  &  my  delivery ;  &  bestow- 
ed encomiums  which  it  would  be  vain  in  me  to  repeat, 

—  Such  as  y6  very  first-rate  —  philosophical — Deep 

-  penetrating  —  a   great   Scholar  —  angelic  —  The 
angel  Gabriel  could  not  go  before  him  —  no  wonder 
his  people  admire  him,  and  such-li^e  praises.   I  felt 

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oppressed  with  shame  —  &  humility.  Such  things  do 
not  elevate  me.  I  am  above  them  &  have  a  higher  end. 
I  have  zealously  &  uniformly  endeavoured  to  hold  up 
ye  truth  plainly  —  to  alarm  ye  Conscience; — to  inform 
ye  judgment  &  to  engage  ye  heart;  —  exhorted; — ad- 
monished;—  comforted;  —  &  done  all  I  could,  in  con- 
versation, as  well  as,  Sermons,  to  give  ye  nature  of  true 
Religion ;  —  to  impress  its  duties ;  to  guard  from  errors ; 
—  from  superstition  &  enthusiasm ;  —  to  make  ye  Gos- 
pel appear  lovely  &  glorious.  I  trust  my  Evangelical 
Tour  will  be  greatly  beneficial  to  as  many  as  about  50 
towns  —  improving  to  myself  —  I  see  yc  mighty  works 
of  Diety  —  ye  hard  fate  of  New  Settlers — yc  grounds, 
abundant  grounds  of  gratitude  for  ye  elegancies  of  my 
own  house,  situation  &  living,  —  &  ye  awful  &  deep 
criminality  of  all  complaint, —  peevishness  &  ingratitude. 
My  living  &  situation  is  a  paradise  compared  to  Ver- 
mont: —  far:  —  far  happier  than  any  I  have  seen. —  O 
how  happy !  happy  am  I  at  home.  I  will  study  to  be 
more  contented, —  more  serene, —  more  thankful.  And 
to  make  my  family  so.  When  I  go  from  hut  to  hut, 
from  town  to  town,  in  ye  Wilderness,  ye  people  noth- 
ing to  eat,—  to  drink,—  or  wear,—  all  work,  &  yet  y* 
women  quiet, —  serene, —  peaceable, —  contented,  lov- 
ing their  husbands, —  their  home, —  wanting  never  to  re- 
turn,—  nor  any  dressy  clothes ;  I  think  how  strange  !— 
I  ask  myself  are  these  women  of  ye  same  species  with 
our  fine  Ladies  ?  tough  are  they,  brawny  their  limbs,— 

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their  young  girls  unpolished  —  &  will  bear  work  as  well 
as  mules.  Woods  make  people  love  one  another  & 
kind  &  obliging  and  good  natured.  They  set  much 
more  by  one  another  than  in  ye  old  settlements.  Leave 
their  doors  unbarred.  Sleep  quietly  ami d  flees — bed- 
buggs —  dirt  &  rags.  O  how  vile,  —  how  guilty, — how 
ungrateful  to  providence  are  our  women !  tell  lies  about 
one  another  —  envy  one  another  —  go  abroad,  dress  & 
enjoy  fine  roads  —  carriages  husbands  to  wait  on  them 

-  &  are  yet  uneasy  —  unaffectionate !   Could  they  see 

-  Could  my  Lady  so  agreeable  &  pleasant  to  me,  only 
see  &  endure  what  I  have,  how  contented  —  how  easy 

—  how  thankful  would  she  be  !  she  would  feel  a  rapt- 
ure of  devotion  &  gratitude  to  heaven  for  our  happy 
lot. — Every  time  she  goes  to  meeting,  or  abroad, — or 
ascends  ye  Chaise,  she  would  feel  her  enviable  lot. 
No  words  can  describe  ye  pleasing  situation,  when  con- 
trasted with  almost  all  ye  world !  How  have  I  longed 
to  see  another  pleasing  Sabbath  at  home !  —  I  have  rode 
more  than  1 00  miles  and  seen  no  meeting  house !  — 
I  can  now  realize  what  our  forefathers  suffered  in  set- 
tling America !  —  I  grieve  to  hear  what  thousands  & 
thousands  have  endured  —  women  &  Children  in  com- 
ing to  this  State  of  Vermont. —  One  thing  is  now  deep- 
ly affecting.  The  frowns  of  ye  Almighty  are  on  this 
State  for  their  sins.  The  seasons  have  been  for  two 
years  back  very  unfavorable.  A  famine  is  now  felt  in 
this  land.  I  have  heard.  —  I  have  read  of  famines,  but 

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never  saw  one  before,  or  was  in  ye  midst  of  one.  the 
year  1 789  will  be  remembered  by  Vermont  as  a  day 
of  calamity  and  famine  —  clearness  of  truc^  &  want  of 
bread  in  all  their  dwellings.  It  is  supposed  by  ye  most 
judicious  &  knowing  that  more  than  1  -4  part  of  ye  peo- 
ple will  have  neither  bread  nor  meat  for  8  weeks  —  and 
that  some  will  starve.  How  affecting  ye  idea !  I  have 
mourned  with  ye  inhabitants.  Several  women  I  saw 
had  lived  four  or  five  days  without  any  food,  and  had 
eight  or  ten  Children  starving  around  them  —  crying 
for  bread  &  yc  poor  women  had  wept  till  they  looked 
like  Ghosts.  Many  families  have  lived  for  weeks  on 
what  ye  people  call  Leeks  —  a  sort  of  wild  onion  — 
very  offensive  to  me  —  it  poisons  all  ye  milk  &  Butter 
of  ye  new  settlements,  while  ye  Cows  go  in  ye  woods. 
—  I  perform  this  day  22th  Saturday  ye  office  of  physi- 
cian &  nurse  to  Mrs.  Chittenden  who  is  very  sick  with 
a  disorder  called,  5/.  Anthony's  fire.  Miss  Leita 
Chittenden,  ye  young  Lady  1 6  years  old,  &  I,  nurse 
together.  They  seem  to  love  me,  as  a  brother,  &  ye 
Governor  as  a  son.  I  struck  them  upon  ye  right  key.— 
Queer  is  human  nature  &  has  a  blind  side.  His  Excel- 
lency picked  me  out  to  understand  human  nature,  at 
first  sight.  He  laughed  about  some  of  my  zealous  Con- 
necticut brethren  Particularly  Mr.  IVilliston.  The 
whole  Country  of  Vermont  will  in  process  of  time,  be 
extremely  difficulted  to  fence  their  Land.  There  is  no 
»uch  good  fencing  timber  as  in  Connecticut.  Stone- 

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wall  can  never  be  made.  The  mountains  are  rocky, 
but  too  steep  to  carry  ye  stone  into  ye  Vallies.  Satur- 
day —  2O  Clock  P  —  M.  quite  home-sick  today. — 

Vermont  will  not  be  a  grain  Country  after  a  few 
years.  Not  a  wheat  —  or  rye  —  or  Indian  corn  Coun- 
try, particular  spots  excepted.  Nor  a  very  good  Coun- 
try for  Orchards.  I  suffer  as  much  for  ye  want  of 
drink  as  any  thing.  Brook-water  is  my  chief  drink. 
The  maple  cyder  is  horrible  stuff  —  no  malt  in  ye 
Country.—  Their  beer  poor  bran  beer. —  Visited 
about  50  new  towns,  preached  about  6  days  in 
seven. —  Had  a  numerous  Assembly  at  Williston, 
people  of  Jericho  and  Essex  came  to  hear  me  &  Josiah 
Steele  from  Hinsburg  1 4  miles ;  preached  in  a  barn 
of  Col.  Spafford*s  100  feet  long.  Audience  peculiarly 
attentive,  opposed  Deism  in  my  discourse ;  ventured  to 
speak  much  from  rising  circumstances,  without  writing 
&  have  always  found  a  very  great  freedom.  Sabbath 
Evening  left  his  Excellency's  &  and  went  over  Onion 
River  to  Jericho  —  a  deep  stream  and  wide,  swam  my 
horse  over  —  Put  up  at  Deacon  Roade's  a  pious  man 
— had  no  comfortable  refreshment  —  was  almost  starv- 
ed because  I  could  not  eat  ye  coarse  fare  provided  for 
me  —  no  candles  pine  splinters  used  in  lieu  of  them — 
bed  poor  &  full  of  flees  —  Monday  25  rode  out  4 
miles  into  ye  wilderness  &  preached  in  a  log  house  to 
a  number  of  people  who  were  deeply  effected  —  & 
baptised  three  Children,  &  conversed  much  on  religious 

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subjects.  10  O  Clock  A.  M.— dined  with  Lewis 
Chapin  where  I  preached  —  a  sensible  serious  man  & 
his  wife  exceedingly  amiable.  When  I  took  leave  of 
them  She  wept  heartily  &  shook  hands  with  me  affec- 
tionately &  left  a  quarter  of  a  dollar  in  my  hand  — 
and  did  it  with  a  grace  &  politeness.  His  Excellency 
also  at  parting  with  me,  in  Jericho,  where  he  accom- 
panied me  —  bid  me  farewell  &  shook  hands  with  me, 
&  left  a  dollar  in  my  hand. —  Monday  afternoon  rode 
6  miles  to  Essex,  a  terrible  rode,  &  lodged  with  Tim- 
othy Bliss,  Esq  —  a  kind,  serious  &  curteous  family. 
Tuesday  morning  very  much  fatigued  for  all  ye  preceed- 
ing  evening,  people  came  in  to  see  me  &  I  talked  till  I 
was  so  tired  that  I  could  not  sleep —  A  sister  of  Dr. 
Hopkins  of  Hartford  lives  there,  a  sensible  woman  — 
rode  from  Mr.  Bliss's  4  miles  &  preached  at  Mr.  Mor- 
gan's. A  horrible  rode.  There  I  gathered  &  incorpo- 
rated a  Church,  &  admitted  a  member,  and  drew  ye 
form  of  Covenant.  The  people  deeply  affected.  Tears 
flowed  plentifull  —  all  affected,  young  people,  &  Chil- 
dren &  myself. —  Here  my  horse  got  away  &  steered 
for  Hartford,  he  had  undergone  hardships  enough  he 
thought. —  3  O  Clock  P  M  —  accompanied  by  Mr. 
Bliss  Esq  —  Set  out  for  Colchester  —  Burlington  & 
Shelburn. —  Arrived  at  Onion-river  falls  &  passed  by 
Ethan  Allyn's  grave.  An  awful  Infidel,  one  of  ye  wick- 
edest men  yl  ever  walked  this  guilty  globe.  I  stopped 
&  looked  at  his  grave  with  a  pious  horror. —  Rode  on 

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to  Burlington  Bay  —  one  of  ye  most  delightful  place* 
in  nature. —  Passed  over  Colchester-bridge,  one  of  ye 
greatest  curiosities  of  Vermont  —  yc  Bridge  about  sixty 
feet  from  ye  ground  on  two  high  rocks  on  each  bank, 
where  all  ye  waters  of  ye  onion  river  are  compressed 
into  a  narrow  space  of  40  feet. —  From  Burlington 
Bay,  I  set  out  alone  unaccompanied  to  Shelburn 
through  yc  wilderness  on  yc  Lake  Champlain  —  next 
to  no  rode  —  mud  up  to  my  horse's  belly  —  roots  thick 
as  they  could  be,  no  house  for  4  miles. —  I  got  lost. 
My  horse  nearly  gave  out,  excessively  worried  with  ye 
bad  travelling.  O  how  anxious  was  I !  I  expected 
every  step  to  be  killed. —  I  was  hungry,  dry,  had  been 
almost  exhausted  by  labours  in  preaching,  conversing 
&  gathering  a  Church. —  How  much  would  I  have 
given  to  have  been  at  home  —  to  have  seen  my  dear 
wife  &  children.  It  seemed  as  if  I  never  should  have 
ye  pleasure  again  to  see  them.  Night  come  on  —  I 
could  travel  no  farther  —  I  found  a  little  log  hut  &  put 
up  there.  Could  get  no  supper  —  my  horse  no  feed  — 
Slept  on  a  Chaff-bed  without  covering  —  a  man,  his 
wife  &  3  children  all  in  ye  same  nasty  stinking  room. — 
rose  by  sun-rise  Wednesday  morning  26  of  May  — 
travelled  through  ye  woods,  crossed  ye  River  de  Plate 
about  two  miles  from  ye  mouth  —  a  river  so  called 
from  a  bloody  battle  fought  on  its  banks  between  ye 
french  &  English ; —  passed  an  ugly  swamp  &  found 
Mr.  Smith's  Esq  9  O  Clock  A.  M.  Got  breakfast  & 

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am    homesick  enough  —  yc  woman    agreeable  —  has 
another  husband  alive  —  he  ran  away  from  her  &  was 
gone  1 3  years,  because  of  debt.   She  says,  She  loved 
him  dearly,  but  has  gotten  her  affections  now  entirely 
weaned.  Last  winter  she  &  her  present  husband  acci- 
denttally  met  him  on  ye  rode.    And  ye  sight  of  him 
gave  her  no  uneasiness  any  more  than  to  see  another 
man.  At  Burlington  Bay  Col.  Stephen  Keyes  whipped 
bruised  &  almost  killed  a  Dr.  Stephens  last  month  be- 
cause he  brought  in  a  high  bill  for  attending  his  father 
in-law,  Col.  Sheldon  when  sick  there  ye  winter  past. — 
Land  extraordinarily  good  all  along  on  ye  lake  &  for 
20  miles  back.  People  troubled  with  ye  fever  &  ague. 
Colchester  &  Burlington  all  deists  &  proper  heathen. 
About  one  quarter  of  ye  inhabitants  &  almost  all  ye 
men  of  learning  deists  in  ye  State.    People  pay  little 
regard  to  ye  Sabbath,  hunt  &  fish  on  that  day  frequent- 
ly. Not  more  than  1  -6  part  of  ye  families  attend  family 
prayer  in  ye  whole  State.  About  1  -2  would  be  glad  to 
have  ye  Gospel  &  to  support  public  worship  &  ye  gos- 
pel Ministry.^The  rest  would  chuse  to  have  no  Sabbath 
no  ministers  —  no  religion  —  no  heaven  —  no  hell  —  no 
morality.  ----------- 

4  O  Clock  P  M  preached  a  lecture  at  Esq  Smith's. 
The  hearers  very  much  affected.  Went  home  with 
Capt.  Comstock.  His  wife  my  cousin.  A  woman 
greatly  esteemed;  live  on  ye  Lake  shore  &  have  a  good 
farm.  Thursday  1 1  O  Clock  AM  —  went  out  in  a 

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pleasure  boat  on  ye  Lake  where  Arnold's  fleet  was 
defeated  by  ye  british,  a  raft  of  Lumber  went  off  for 
Canada  —  wh  covered  an  acre  of  water  &  had  two 
little  huts  on  it.  The  rafting  business  unprofitable  for 
ye  State  and  for  individuals  that  undertake  it.  Thursday 
had  an  interview  with  an  old  College  acquaintance,  a 
Candidate  who  had  preached  to  90  vacancies  &  been 
a  Candidate  for  1 8  years.  He  rode  with  me  to  Mr. 
Roswell  Hopkins  in  New  Haven  yc  Secretary  of  ye 
State  —  a  modest,  diffident  &  sensible  man.  Lodged 
with  him  —  a  wretched  log  house  —  Slept  in  ye  midst 
of  ye  family.  Friday  went  to  Esq  Brash's,  at  ye  City 
-  viewed  ye  falls  of  ye  Otter  Creek  &  ye  works  there. 
The  falls  40  feet,  a  great  curiosity.  Plum  trees  natural 
to  ye  Country  —  after  viewing  y*  falls  went  down  ye 
Creek  &  crossed  ye  ferry.  And  reached  General 
Strong's  in  Addison  5  O  Clock  P  M  —  a  pleasant 
place  on  ye  Lake  two  miles  north  of  Crown  Point  & 
a  sensible  man.  Here  I  had  ye  pleasure  of  seeing  Major 
Storrs,  my  old  Pupil;  now  State  Attorney  for  ye  County 
of  Addison.  Now  some  history  of  ye  Country  of  Ver- 
mont follows — Lake  George  Southwest  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain  —  30  miles  long  &  two  and  an  half  broad  at  a 
medium.  Lake  Champlain  1 60  long  &  3  miles  broad  at 
a  medium.  West  on  York  side  broken,  barren  &  mount- 
ainous land  6  high  white  mountains,  white  as  ye  new 
fallen  snow. —  Lake  Champlain  heads  south  at  Skeens- 
borough  &  North  forms  a  junction  with  y*  St.  Law- 

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rence  at  Chamblee  called  ye  rapids  of  St.  John's.  Ver- 
mont two  hundred  miles  long,  40  broad  at  ye  South ; 
&  98  at  North,  Latitude  45  —  at  a  medium  60  miles 
broad  —  about  300,  6  mile  square  towns ;  and  will 
bear  about  200  families  per  town  or  360000  Souls. — 
Saturday  A  M  —  1 0  O  Clock.  Wished  -  and  wish- 
ed to  see  my  dear  wife.  I  have  almost  forgotten  how 
she  looks.  It  is  more  painful  than  words  can  describe 
to  be  absent  from  one's  family  alone  in  ye  woods.  Fri- 
day was  taken  sick  at  Crown-point.  Saturday  very  sick 
and  wanted  to  see  my  family.  Sabbath  day  quite  sick 
and  preached  at  Addison.  Audience  very  attentive. 
Almost  sunk  into  gloom.  Seemed  y*  I  could  not  live. 
Monday  passed  Crown-point  —  Bredport — Shorum  — 
Orwill  &  Fair-Haven.  Crown-point  a  remarkable  place 
more  than  a  million  of  money  Sterling  laid  out  in  erect- 
ing ye  works  there,  the  Lake  half  a  mile  wide,  ye  fort 
on  ye  west  side.  Mount  Independence  in  Orwill  on 
ye  East  side  of  ye  Lake.  Ticonderoga  opposite  on  ye 
West  side  15  miles  south  of  Crown-point.  Orwill 
Joshua  Tracy  Esq.  lives,  become  very  rich,  owns  9000 
acres  of  land  —  vain  —  loquacious  — foolish  —  &  proud. 
Fair-Haven  lives  Dr.  Smith,  a  sensible,  polite  man  — 
full  of  vanity.  Col.  Lion,  a  driving  man  in  business,  a 
deist.  Passed  through  Hampton  in  Yorke  State.  Came 
to  Poultney.  Vermont  Clergy  sate  there  in  Associa- 
tion. Illiterate,  miserably  appearing  body.  Preached  at 
Poultney  to  y*  Association,  on  y*  divine  government. 

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Received  ye  highest  encomiums  &  warmest  applause 
from  all  ye  Gentlemen  of  ye  Clergy.  Conversed  some 
in  ye  Association  &  was  listened  to  as  an  Oracle.  Here 
saw  Revd  Mr.  Avery  of  Stamford,  on  a  mission  to 
Vermont.  He  appeared  Chagrined  &  deeply  mortified 
at  yc  Superior  defference  showed  to  me ;  &  was  full 
of  envy  at  my  popularity. — Wednesday  afternoon  rode 
to  Wells  and  preached  to  a  listening  congregation. 
After  Sermon  proceeded  on  to  Pollet.  At  Wells  six 
of  y*  preachers  attended  me,  &  were  all  attention  & 
said,  if  they  could  preach  so  easy  &  so  elegantly,  &  so 
sentimentally,  they  would  preach  all  y*  time.  Thurs- 
day preached  at  Pawlet;  put  up  at  Rev*1  Mr.  Be- 
bee's  —  talked  to  his  people.  They  dissatisfied  with 
his  rigidity. —  Friday  1 0  O  Clock  preached  at  Rupert 
where  ye  Rev*1  Mr.  Bebee  accompanied,  and  I  had 
two  or  three  learned  Deists  to  hear  me.  Afternoon 
went  on  to  Dorset  &  4  o  Clock  preached  there. 
Lodged  with  Revd  Mr.  Sill,  an  aged,  friendly  man 
but  moderate  talents.  Saturday  accompanied  by  him 
I  rode  to  Manchester,  put  up  at  Mr.  Richardson's. 
Sabbath  Morning  rode  3  miles  to  Manchester  meeting 
house  —  here  I  went  to  Col.  Keyes.  His  wife  glad  to 
see  me  &  very  polite.  Here  I  was  introduced  to  one 
of  general  Allyn's  daughters  now  Mrs.  Hitchcock. 
Both  rank  deists — two  more  deists  at  meeting  —  I  felt 
very  disagreeably  all  day.  4  o  Clock  rode  down  to 
Sunderland  to  preach  5  O  Clock  where  I  kept  my  first 

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Sabbath  in  my  evangelical  tour.  Mr.  Hitchcock  &  his 
Lady  —  Mrs.  Keyes  &  Mr.  Langdon  &  others  attend- 
ed me.  I  felt  most  severely  to  find  ye  Deists  flocking 
after  me.  I  was  very  affectionately  welcomed  by  this 
people.  They  seemed  overjoyed  to  see  me.  Many 
came  to  see  me  in  ye  evening  to  bid  me  farewell  & 
gave  me  a  little  money.  Monday  morning  June  8th 
set  out  for  home  Met  ye  governor  of  Vermont  on  my 
rode  to  Shaftsbury.  He  expressed  much  love  for  me. 
Bid  him  farewell. —  1 2  O  Clock  reached  Bennington— 
here  saw  Mr.  Swift,  yc  Apostle  for  ye  State.  A  sensi- 
ble worthy  man.  After  dinner  set  out  for  Williams- 
town — through  Pawnal. —  Monday  night  lodged  with 
Rev^  Mr.  Swift  of  that  place  he  has  ye  epilepsy.  A 
good  man.  Tuesday  morning  6  o  Clock  set  out  from 
his  house  to  Lainsborough.  Called  on  Mr.  Collins.  He 
was  gone  to  ye  seaside  with  a  consumptive  daughter. 
Sad  occasion !  —  My  horse  was  very  lame.  Went  to  a 
blacksmith  &  he  found  his  hoof  badly  gravelled.  Rode 
on  to  Becket.  At  Washington  called  on  Mr.  Steele— 
see  Colo  Steele  —  Mrs.  Milichen  all  overwhelmed 
with  joy  to  see  me.  Reached  my  Brothers  —  about 
dark,  fatigued  very  much ; —  overcome  with  ye  suffer- 
ings of  my  journey.  Wednesday  morning  10th  June 
expected  to  have  set  out  for  home,  but  it  rained  hard. 
I  feel  gloomy  —  how  hard  to  bear  disappointments !  I 
set  my  heart  upon  seeing  my  family  this  day.  I  am  dis- 
tressed to  see  them.  I  know  not  how  to  content  myself 

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one  hour.  O  how  painful  is  absence  from  dear  friends ! 
It  is  tearing  ye  heart  to  pieces.  I  would  give  almost 
any  thing  to  see  my  dear  family. —  But  must  be  patient. 
An  alwise  Being  orders  all  things.  All  day  I  am  mel- 
ancholly  &  wretched.  My  wife  is  not  out  of  my 
thoughts  one  half  hour.  How  often  has  she  been  in 
my  mind  and  remembered  constantly  &  fervently  in 
my  supplications  to  heaven.  I  hope  she  as  often  re- 
members me.  It  would  break  her  heart  to  know  how 
much  I  have  undergone.  Every  body  is  kind  to  me. 
Brother  Samuel  is  coming  to  preach  at  Becket.  How 
mysterious  ye  events  of  Providence !  Hope  he  will  do 
good. —  Thursday  1 1  th  June  set  out  early  for  home. 
How  rejoiced  am  I  to  set  my  face  homeward,  acci- 
dently  heard  a  word  from  my  family  yesterday  &  of 
a  sudden  death  among  my  people,  a  man  thrown  from 
a  horse  &  instantly  killed.  What  gratitude  do  I  owe 
to  a  benevolent  providence  that  I  have  been  preserved 
through  all  ye  perils  of  journeying! —  Every  step  my 
horse  takes  brings  me  nearer  home,  &  every  moment 
nearer  Eternity.  What  a  vain  world  is  this.  Human 
life  is  but  a  journey.  My  sublimest  happiness  is  doing 
good,  and  I  believe  I  have  done  much  good  in  my  mis- 
sion to  ye  New  Settlements.  I  have  now  arrived  at  my 
own  doors  —  myself  &  family  all  in  health. —  And 
my  warmest  praise  shall  be  offered  to  ye  kind,  watch- 
ful care  of  an  indulgent  Providence.  May  my  journey 
end  happily  &  of  all  my  family. 

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